You've Been in Love Too Long

About You've Been in Love Too Long

"You've Been in Love Too Long" is a 1965 dance single recorded by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Their fourth straight Top 40 hit in two years, this song focused on a pro-feminist theme under a gritty R&B background with the narrator (lead singer Martha Reeves) explaining to the woman in question that after years of holding on to an unfaithful and abusive lover that she should let him go saying "you're a fool for your baby". The song, produced and written by William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter and Clarence Paul, peaked at #25 R&B and #36 Pop in 1965. Many radio jocks preferred the "B" side, "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" in which caused split airplay and lower chart positioning. Bonnie Raitt recorded the song for her 1973 album, Takin' My Time more »

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1973

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Girls, you've been in love too long 
(You're a fool for your baby) 
Don't you know, girls
You've been in love too long 
(You're a fool for your baby) 

When just his smile takes all your pain away 
And you find yourself believing whatever he may say 
Now when he keeps you cryin' 
But your heart tells you, Girl, keep right on tryin' 
Girls, you've been in love too long 
(You're a fool for your baby) 
Don't you know, girls?  You've been in love too long 
(You're a fool for your baby) 

When you accept his wrongs just to share his kiss 
And even though lonely nights are filled with happiness 
Now girl, you're in trouble; you know your heart is seein' double 
When your head tells you to run 
But your heart says he's your only one 
Girls, you've been in love too long 
You're a fool for your baby) 

(Girl, you've been in love too long) 
You're a fool 
'Cause when a week of loneliness 
Can be erased with just one sweet caress 
Girls, you've been in love too long 
(You're a fool for your baby) 
I say girls, oh yeah, you're a fool 
When his wrong looks right 'cause he always treats you bad 
When you find little excuses for all the sadness & abuses 
Don't you know, girls, you're in love 
You're just a fool for your baby 
Girls, you've been in love too long 
You're just a fool

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Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is a renowned American blues singer-songwriter and slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially accessible recordings in the 1990s including "Nick of Time", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneakin' Up on You", and the slow ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me". Raitt has received nine Grammy Awards in her career and is a lifelong political activist. more »

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